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describe the whole sense in education program. >> was that experience like? >> well, it is such an emotional , thrilling to more rewarding experience, both for my wife and i to teach these young men and some of them older, people who have committed heinous crimes, murder, what have you. they see the error of their ways and turn things around. that education process as well as the minister program is extremely important. a major name of one sort. warren buffett was there a few years ago because his sister, as a matter of fact, is a major supporter of hudson, the nonprofit organization. the year to this graduation ceremony and it's just incredible. opening and closing prayers. the old bible or what have you. they always have a valedictorian get up representing the graduates. usually maybe 20, 30 students who are graduating in ssc it's our best agree. and the valedictorian gets up and says, you know, i started off my parents own mother, the great hopes for me. then i got in the wrong crowd. i got into drugs are what have you. and then he says, and then i killed
describe the whole sense in education program. >> was that experience like? >> well, it is such an emotional , thrilling to more rewarding experience, both for my wife and i to teach these young men and some of them older, people who have committed heinous crimes, murder, what have you. they see the error of their ways and turn things around. that education process as well as the minister program is extremely important. a major name of one sort. warren buffett was there a few years...
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meter even after you and your last statement on how it can start in education. >> on go through it all day. my wife and i got a 13-year-old at home and we are trying to find him a school that is not in the pond. i think it's important to tell the truth. one doesn't have to be politically confrontational. it's not productive and i don't think it is polite, but i think once in awhile when we have the opportunity of someone comes to us and says you know what would you explain your positions to me as i assure all of you do happen to be conservative i would be happy to please tell me where i am wrong and other than that i don't know what we can do because i haven't slept in the last 50 years i don't know if anybody here has and it's enough already to but i don't think it's the most important election i think is the most important since 1860. i really do. [applause] hispanico kpp we will get together questions. >> why aren't there more conservative playwrights and is their anything that can be done about that or is that essentials -- is that just inherent to the condition of the nature of pl
meter even after you and your last statement on how it can start in education. >> on go through it all day. my wife and i got a 13-year-old at home and we are trying to find him a school that is not in the pond. i think it's important to tell the truth. one doesn't have to be politically confrontational. it's not productive and i don't think it is polite, but i think once in awhile when we have the opportunity of someone comes to us and says you know what would you explain your positions...
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in education. you know, when i travel, people do talk about that school across the river, harvard, but the next school they'll ask me about is berkeley. you know, we boast so many incredible institutions related to the creative economy, and so i can't be here amongst the tribe and not talk about the humanities and arts. .. >> mining is sam. [applause] >> i'm glad that you touched on education. my question is obviously the headquarters are here in boston but also in other cities in america and two others overseas. our school system for failure and what do you believe is the role of the community of the city of the federal government and so on? because it seems the urban school was struggling. chicago, l.a., atlanta, so long. >> of course it's not a boston thing. overall boston public schools are doing quite well to the other urban counterparts. but that is a statement that is laced with a sense of tragedy and triumph. it is -- i can't possibly think that the failure of urban public-school says perma
in education. you know, when i travel, people do talk about that school across the river, harvard, but the next school they'll ask me about is berkeley. you know, we boast so many incredible institutions related to the creative economy, and so i can't be here amongst the tribe and not talk about the humanities and arts. .. >> mining is sam. [applause] >> i'm glad that you touched on education. my question is obviously the headquarters are here in boston but also in other cities in...
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families, trying to move forward and parts of trying to move forward is being legitimate and getting an education and making sure that your relationships, people were legitimately married. anything that pointed back words or made you illegitimate was not really something they wanted to talk about and have out there. it is too bad because it closed a lot of doors in our family and that is what you found in michele obama's family. very fortunate, you were able to help and truly open those doors for her family. >> at least with been -- within her family, there are those conversations happening. as i said americans, ordinary americans across the country are making these discoveries with dna testing so these conversations are happening around the country. when you talk about marriage and the importance of legitimacy, one of the other stories which talks about the variations of the american experience during slavery was the first lady's family had ancestors who were freed for decades before the civil war and one of the most interesting records i came across was a record which showed those members of he
families, trying to move forward and parts of trying to move forward is being legitimate and getting an education and making sure that your relationships, people were legitimately married. anything that pointed back words or made you illegitimate was not really something they wanted to talk about and have out there. it is too bad because it closed a lot of doors in our family and that is what you found in michele obama's family. very fortunate, you were able to help and truly open those doors...
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was added by senator schumer of new york years ago which helps working families to pay for college education, that too was included in this measure. so from a working family perspective, there are many good and important elements that were included in this measure. we also considered a lot of other tax measures, some of which i liked and some i didn't like. one of them in particular, the estate tax, is a tax that is widely misunderstood. this is a tax which applies to the very, very small fraction of a percentage of american families that when the breadwinner passes away have a valuable estate that can be subject to federal taxation. it is a very small percentage. some 3% might be affected by an estate tax and at the higher levels that we've discussed in our debate on this issue, less than 1% of estates end up paying any tax whatsoever into the federal government. the republicans insisted on a provision which senator kyl of arizona had been championing for years which would raise the exemption for states to over $5 million, which means a $5 million -- $5.1 million estate would not be subject
was added by senator schumer of new york years ago which helps working families to pay for college education, that too was included in this measure. so from a working family perspective, there are many good and important elements that were included in this measure. we also considered a lot of other tax measures, some of which i liked and some i didn't like. one of them in particular, the estate tax, is a tax that is widely misunderstood. this is a tax which applies to the very, very small...
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we ought to take money away from education. we ought to take money away from medical research. we ought to take money away from rebuilding what needs to be done in our country to pay for two wars we put on our credit card. come on. as one vermonter said to me, you spend all this money to build these roads and bridges in iraq and afghanistan, and then they blow them up. why don't you rebuild our roads and bridges in america. we americans will take care of them. so, mr. president, with all the talk of where we are, let's not forget the big elephant in the room. that was two wars on a credit card, one going far longer than we had any reason to. the other one totally unnecessary in the first place. as much as a couple trillion dollars between the two of them. that was money that could have been spent in america for americans to make america better. we wasted it there. now we say how can we punish americans, the average american? how can we punish them for the mistakes we made going into two wars. we'll punish them to pay for them. come on, let's face up to reality. mr. president, i
we ought to take money away from education. we ought to take money away from medical research. we ought to take money away from rebuilding what needs to be done in our country to pay for two wars we put on our credit card. come on. as one vermonter said to me, you spend all this money to build these roads and bridges in iraq and afghanistan, and then they blow them up. why don't you rebuild our roads and bridges in america. we americans will take care of them. so, mr. president, with all the...
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; plus, they get a social science education. i teach media, politics, the congress, campaigns, elections, and i like to keep the finger on the american government course. we srb since all we know, we have a required american government course, and the congress in its wisdom said, you know, what's going on at the naval academy when they don't understand civilian control of the military, and so in the budget hearings they required us to require a required government course. we always taught 75% of the students anyway, but now it's 100%. i like teaching the traditional american government course, but also teach the ethic the public service. the idea when you get a government check, you're in the military, there's extra responsibilities on you that normal individuals don't have. i keep government, the good stuff. >> host: one more project you're involved in? a book give away. what's that project? >> guest: it was a one-time, one shot activity at the rotary club, send books to an exchange student that we have in that point in time in
; plus, they get a social science education. i teach media, politics, the congress, campaigns, elections, and i like to keep the finger on the american government course. we srb since all we know, we have a required american government course, and the congress in its wisdom said, you know, what's going on at the naval academy when they don't understand civilian control of the military, and so in the budget hearings they required us to require a required government course. we always taught 75%...
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board of education decision 1954. strom thurmond is a recordholder to this day of the longest one man filibuster. and again his work pashtun and the guinness book of world records, 24 hours and 18 minutes he spoke against the 1957 civil rights bill. we remember strom thurmond today as one of the last of the jim crow demagogues. and he was. he was that. he was one of the last jim crow demagogue. what we forget about thurmond is that he was also one of the first of the sun belt conservatives. what do i mean by that? what's a sun belt conservative? the sun belt, it's one of the big stories, one of the major stories in the history of 20th century american politics. and that is the flow of jobs, of industry, of resources and population from the states of the northeast and the midwest to the south and the southwest in the post-world war ii period. the southern states were recruiting industries. they were passing right-to-work laws. they were receiving lots of funding from the federal government to build military installatio
board of education decision 1954. strom thurmond is a recordholder to this day of the longest one man filibuster. and again his work pashtun and the guinness book of world records, 24 hours and 18 minutes he spoke against the 1957 civil rights bill. we remember strom thurmond today as one of the last of the jim crow demagogues. and he was. he was that. he was one of the last jim crow demagogue. what we forget about thurmond is that he was also one of the first of the sun belt conservatives....
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in october we published a book called "the one room school house" which lays out a radical vision of education in the future of america, and the marriage of traditional classroom and digital technology, employing them in a way that flips our traditional model of education. >> by the way, carn appeared on our afterwards program so if you want to watch that author, type in his name. long history between 12 and christopher hitchens. >> long history. we published christopher, "god is not great" in 2007. a number one "new york times" best seller. after that book we published his first memoir, followed last september by an essay collection called "arguably." also went on to be a best seller, but together under extreme circumstances. he was very ill at the time. we hoped to publish a book -- a long are -- longer book about his illness but we corrected the article for vanity fair. >> you're going to be at the miami book fair next week, november 17th, 18th, along with carol blue, and martin amos. >> that's going to be a really interesting panel to be on. martin and christopher knew each other for a ver
in october we published a book called "the one room school house" which lays out a radical vision of education in the future of america, and the marriage of traditional classroom and digital technology, employing them in a way that flips our traditional model of education. >> by the way, carn appeared on our afterwards program so if you want to watch that author, type in his name. long history between 12 and christopher hitchens. >> long history. we published christopher,...